Contributions to the Theories of Coherence and Polarization of Light

Download or read book Contributions to the Theories of Coherence and Polarization of Light written by Mayukh Lahiri and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this thesis, coherence and polarization properties of stochastic optical fields are investigated. The so-called cross-spectral density matrices of polarized and natural light beams are studied. It is shown how coherence and polarization properties of stochastic beams change on superposition. The relationship between the so-called space-time and space-frequency descriptions of completely polarized fields and of completely coherent fields are investigated. An inverse scattering problem involving a random medium is discussed. In this context, the condition which ensures that a beam retains its beam-like form on scattering, is also presented. Basic polarization properties of light beams are discussed based on quantum mechanical theory of fields. A quantum theory of optical coherence in the space-frequency domain is also presented"--Leaf ix